Craig Ferguson: A 'Late Night' Revolutionist
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2024
- Craig Ferguson Has The Most Unique Late Night Legacy
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He was always my favorite late night host. It had no rules, it wasn't uptight, it wasn't orderly, It was pure chaos and pure joy and fun. I mean a horse would randomly come out and run around to music playing... How awesome is that!!
I was a very late adopter of Craig's show. I got into it around 2011 and my god it blew my mind. Such a free show that encouraged the spontaneous and weird.... i absolutely loved every second of the show. I was really gutted when he stepped down but if i ever need a good laugh, i will RUclips clips from that show. Craig & Josh's timing together was masterful. :)
Oh, my. Thank you, Craig and Geoff (Josh) and all with the show. I loved you, still do, always will. The absolute best. Thank you for bringing laughter and genuineness and true talent to our lives. It truly was a great day in America when you were all here with us. Thank you.❤ Thank you, PopeyJN for this look back!
Thank you for the kind words. Really glad you enjoyed this look back on a classic show.... truly one of the last great original pieces of media. :)
I was just thinking yesterday how much I miss seeing him regularly. This is pretty wonderful ❤️👏❤️
Thanks for stopping by the channel. Really glad you enjoyed the video. My memories of this show are so joyous, glad other people share my enthusiasm for it too. :)
The King. Witness how much presence he has on the internet versus his viewership when he was actually on (as he said, he had a small but fanatical base). There's a popular compilation channel (guest-heavy), and another channel that is sedulously gathering together all of the full Late Late Shows (almost all of the post-Thompson ones are there; the earlier, pre-digital-TV shows are harder to come by). Craig and Conan O'Brien are the only late-night shows in the past 30 years worth talking about and watching, and 30 years is a long time.
I really like what he said in that interview here about his original plan for a sidekick failing, and by failing, it became an unintended masterstroke. Because the Craig and Geoff dynamic - 2011-2014 - was the funniest thing on TV in any time-slot. The banter was better than any such that had come before, including Conan and Andy.
That banter, in fact, is the best thing about the show. I think it can be persuasively argued that Craig - and to a lesser extent O'Brien - didn't revolutionize the format so much as kill it, creating something new, something where the guest's "latest project" wasn't really of major concern. I suspect a lot of publicists would grit their teeth whenever Craig's name came up. I remember when Carey Mulligan came on - they talked about a myriad of things until the end, when he finally remembered, "So that movie looks good. Stuff happens, I bet." (Mulligan just went, "Yup", and they moved on to the Big Cash Prize, lol.) Might explain why there were less "A-listers" on the show in the last 3 years, though those he was actually friendly with kept turning up.
Anyway, cool survey!
A really enjoyable, informative piece on Craig's show. Thank you for all your efforts on it!
Thank you for taking the time to give it a watch. I appreciate that
Is a longtime student of late night television I am ashamed to say that I never embraced Mr. Ferguson as I should have. In 2020 I started watching RUclips clips of his show. I now know that he is the greatest of all time.
Thank you for this video. It added greatly to my understanding of his show.
Sorely missed. He was the most tragically underrated genius of late night television.
1000% agree. Whenever I see videos of people ranking late night hosts, I feel his contribution to the format is often overlooked
I don't think he was underrated. Everyone rates him 100% THE best and funniest. He was unique and not like any other late night host. Or late night show for that matter. He was so much fun and really clever.
My God was he a magical fellow at night.. it was so brilliant
Strongly agree
10 out of 10 for 'Angel never a god hahaha'. Exceptional job editing popey, and the continuation of this series that we've all been enjoying :)
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. This one has been in the works for a wee while. Took a little longer and decided to let a lot of the clips speak for themselves. A very spontaneous show. :)
Who else thought of introducing a robot? And Josh was so funny too.
Perfect combination of comedic minds with Josh and Craig. Nothing else like it on television then or now
A true original duo in the format
Kind of an improvisational talk show. Especially, when Josh Robert Thompson voiced Geoff. Best way I could think to desribe it to someone that has never seen it. I still miss it.
Very accurate. On the Joy podcast Josh recalled that Craig said "it was the purest form of improv" and that's a very accurate way to describe it
My absolute favorite late night host. I had/have such a crush on him
It was such a unique show. One of my absolute favorites
You don't have to call him a "Revolutionist" to say he was the best. He didn't break anything; he just did it by his own rules. Every other host before and since have continued to use the standard playbook. Craig never seemed to follow a script, and the show was better when it went off the rails than when they followed the plan. I haven't seen any other host who could improvise a monologue or follow an intriguing line of questioning during an interview with little care for what was written down. Craig was simply so good at what he did that he didn't have to play it safe.
Perfectly articulated. Such an out of the box thinking host who could have a genuine conversation instead of every moment feeling tightly scripted. A pure original in the format of late night
I never watched the Late Late show during it's original run, but I'm a recent convert thanks to RUclips compilations. Oh the joy I missed.
I must admit, I was a late adopter of the show myself. Probably 2011, but once I found it, it was definitely a go to and every now and then I got back and enjoy some clips. Very unique show that's always good for a laugh. 👍
Thanks for stopping by and giving the video a watch and leaving a comment. I appreciate it
Me too! I turn on the Ferguson when I need to get away from tRump breaking news every 5 minutes!
@@Fatdog-Dakind yeah, it's crazy how right after the show ended the whole political landscape changed. Always a good change of pace to turn on Craig's show and forget about all the crap happening in the world
@@popeyJNNew Agreed 1000000000%
Fantastic job mate
Thank you very much. Very glad you enjoyed this episode
The ferret picture cracks me up every time. It's almost a pavlovian response.
Didn't even know the show existed until a few years after it ended, but watching the clips on RUclips often had me laughing my arse off.
Super glad a lot of people have found it over the last few years. Definitely one of my favorites to go back to for a laugh
I discovered Craig jusyt before he left. Fun to catch up on youtube. Sorry i missed him at the time. He got away with things nonone else could . It was the accent
Unfortunately, I watched his show sporadically when it originally aired, but I do remember always having a great time watching it. I'm so glad that I can catch up with practically all of the episodes here on YT!
Around March 14 or 15, 2024, an article came out of him saying that he was in talks with a network to do another Late Night show, under his terms (not doing it every day, which was a major gripe of his with his previous show as it kept him away from his family a lot). It was just initial talks and he didn't know if it would come to fruition. I sincerely hope it does!
A side note, I wish there was behind the scenes footage of him doing the puppet bits, especially of him and Trace Adkins doing the puppet show.
Awesome video, subscribed!
I started watching in 2011 and the show brought me so much joy. Craig and Josh were such a great late night duo.
I hope Craig does another show and brings Josh back so they can banter again. I didn't actually hear about the pending talks. That makes me very happy to hear.
I couldn't find any behind the scenes footage of them doing any of the puppet sketches... Would be great to see though. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for subscribing, really appreciate that. 👍
As a Scot, and someone who came from around 20 miles from where Craigie was born, I have always absolutely loved his work
There are still evidence of his work on RUclips:
The Ferguson Theiry
A guest appearance on an early Red Dwarf episode
2000 not out
As they were aimed at their times, the shows (except Red Dwarf as it was a comedy sci-fi whilst the others were more topical
It still goes back to what made modern guys like , Kevin Brdges, Gary Meikle, Iain Connell, Danny Bhoy, Billy Connolly, Rab Florence, Jerry Sadowitz, Greg Hemphill Craig Ferguson or, going further back, greats like Stanley Baxter, Jack Milton, Lynn McGarry, Harry Lauder, Lex McLean, Chic Murray, Rikki Fulton and s many, many more in what is frankly a never ending list of being being funny in my accent, telling jokes about places I’d heard of, that I knew, that I’d been too. They were making jokes of things I’d seen, using words I understood, using slang and profanity as I did with my friends
I don’t think many people can entirely relate to this, I’m sure. Their whole identity. Hidden under a blanket of someone else’s capital
I appreciate you leaving this comment. Was actually really fascinating to hear what you were saying there and hear from someone who is Scottish themselves and how all those great peoples contributions actually helped paved the way for people such as yourself to have someone to identify with in all those ways you mentioned. Thank you so much for commenting
Loved that show I used to watch it every night when I finished late shift and laugh myself stupid
It was such a fun show to unwind with at the end of a long day.... and from all the interviews i've seen, seems like that was Craig & Josh's intention with it. Such a good show to go back and watch for a laugh still.
Where are you from PopeyJN?
Australia my friend. :)
@@popeyJNNew Brilliant! Yank, here, Mate!
Jimmy Fallon is horribly obsequious
Never saw the show. Watch RUclips clips. I realize I did not miss anything. Just terrible
You sound fun.
That's fair enough. When I initially saw it I felt the same, however the more I watched the more I appreciated how much it allowed me to watch something that didn't talk about politics or take itself too seriously.... But I understand why I may not be everyone's cup of tea
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